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Densify vs Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Densify
Ranking in Cloud Management
27th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Migration (11th), Virtualization Management Tools (8th), Cloud Analytics (5th), Cloud Cost Management (16th)
Flexera Cloud Management Pl...
Ranking in Cloud Management
22nd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of Densify is 2.3%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) is 2.2%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP)2.2%
Densify2.3%
Other95.5%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

AbhishekGupta2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
Optimized cloud costs and automated right‑sizing have reduced spend while reporting needs improvement
The best features Densify offers are actionable optimization recommendations, which tell you how to reduce costs while maintaining performance; the ML-powered predictive analytics feature, which considers historical patterns to provide recommendations; multi-cloud coverage for optimization across AWS, Azure, and GCP; and a solid balance between performance and cost. Out of those features, I find myself relying on actionable optimization recommendations and predictive analytics features the most because Densify goes one step beyond by providing recommendations considering historical patterns, especially for workloads that only spike during certain times of the month. Densify has positively impacted my organization by providing significant cost savings through right-sizing and eliminating inefficient resources, allowing faster decisions based on data, and reducing manual intervention for cloud operations, thus providing automation of basic cloud routines. I usually see a twenty-five to thirty percent cost saving in my customer's environment, and from a time-saving perspective, it has almost halved the time of the operations team.
reviewer2814465 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Cloud Cost Over And Visibility Parts at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Cloud governance has improved compliance and currently optimizes costs across providers
The most valuable features that Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) offers are cost visibility, policy-based governance, and optimization insights. It helps identify unused and underutilized resources and enforces policies to avoid unnecessary cloud spending. The centralized view across cloud providers is a big advantage. We have saved money with Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) and using the software has been very helpful for us to remain compliant. Since I have been in this organization, we have been using Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) and I have not used a different solution before. Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) improved compliance so effectively. For example, work that usually took 10 hours to complete now takes four hours, so we are saving six hours of time. Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) impacted us positively. It supports optimization efforts and helps enable better financial planning and governance, matching our cloud consumption with business and budget goals. The centralized view across cloud providers helps my team by improving visibility into cloud storage, usage, and spend, enabling better financial planning and governance. It supports optimization efforts and helps my team align cloud consumption with business and budget goals.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I would say that the initial thing is that it provides us with a technological basis to expand capacity management beyond Excel."
"The solution's tech support is excellent."
"Densify's ability to aggregate multiple on-premise vCenters and multiple cloud accounts, gives it a level of visibility not found in many places."
"This product has provided us with a more comprehensive solution that is now replacing nearly all other tools which were previously used in the different platforms and environments within the account."
"One would be the automatic rebalancing of the environment. That was one feature which helped. With that, we could improve our efficiency of our VMware infrastructure."
"Densify were deemed to be the best for us at the time and they still are, for now."
"The tool will come back and tell us that we can operate with 1,000 minutes as an example, save 90% on the contractual rate and not run into any issues."
"We switched to Densify because it gave us a more complete end-to-end picture of the environment and really became the system of truth across all of our environments versus having to aggregate information from many dissimilar systems."
"Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) impacted us positively; it supports optimization efforts and helps enable better financial planning and governance, matching our cloud consumption with business and budget goals."
"Our customers are getting an ROI after 9 months and increasing productivity five-fold."
"The most valuable feature is Optima, which is something that we use quite extensively."
"With this platform, users could migrate to the cloud on the go and use public cloud services like Oracle database while integrating with their own local storage."
"On the cloud management side, this product works well and there is nothing that our customers have mentioned they would like to have improved."
"With RightScale we now have the ability to provision an entire Data Center and Application stack in less than an hour."
 

Cons

"Unfortunately the tools and mechanisms which really came to maturity in the cloud, and were not mainstream on-premise, are still not implemented."
"Initially we talked about some custom reporting, wherein our customer expected certain reports on a few areas, like how the storage is allocated, how the network performance is doing, and how the network utilization is happening for a virtual machine."
"Some parts of the interface are rather complex and require a bit of time to navigate, but this has never stopped us as a Densify advisor is readily available to help with our "how to" queries."
"Normalization of CPU utilization is required. At present, the data is available based on entitlement level."
"It seems that the mechanism for integration is, it goes so far but I think there could be some standard integration to normal remedy service now etc. I think that should be out of the box."
"In terms of integration, the tool has great data. However, it's not always meaningful because the true business attributes of how most Fortune 500 companies operate are not maintaining in one tool, they're in a school of many tools."
"Service management level integration is probably the biggest area for improvement."
"The solution's stability is the primary concern for me."
"Technical support is an area that can be improved."
"Technical support is an area that can be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the integrations and automation flexibility with Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP). In some cases, the learning curve can be steep, especially when dealing with more advanced automation or large-scale environments."
"There is a problem with integration due to invalid private node security certificates."
"CAT creation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There was some sticker shock, as this is not just another software product to spit out graphs."
"Cost is always involved, but then I feel that this solution is better than other products that we have."
"Densify has licensing setup so you can collect data without licensing. It gives you the ability to collect on everything, then choose later what you would like to license."
"Setup cost is negligible, as it scales fairly well."
"The price is higher than an open-source product, or CloudForms, or IBM Cloud Pak, but it is still not very high."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise10
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Densify?
Densify can be improved in a couple of areas: the learning curve for new users, where it feels like an advanced optimization tool that needs time for full leverage; enhancements in reporting and fi...
What is your primary use case for Densify?
My main use cases for Densify include cloud cost optimization, predictive resource sizing, assistance in multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments, and reducing the manual analysis of the environme...
What advice do you have for others considering Densify?
My advice for others looking into using Densify is to focus on setting up governance policy early, integrate optimization results into your usual sprints, and train FinOps and engineering teams tog...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for RightScale Cloud Management Platform?
The setup cost was good. Since we purchased in bulk, we received some discounts on the pricing, setup cost, and licensing.
What needs improvement with RightScale Cloud Management Platform?
There is room for improvement in the integrations and automation flexibility with Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP). In some cases, the learning curve can be steep, especially when dealing wi...
What is your primary use case for RightScale Cloud Management Platform?
My primary use case for Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) is compliance, governance, which is very critical in my role. Flexera helps me to analyze cloud usage data, identify cost saving oppo...
 

Also Known As

No data available
RightScale Cloud Management Platform, MultiCloud Platform
 

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Sample Customers

AIG, Bank of America, Cigna, Citi
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Rackspace, Softlayer, Cloudstack, OpenStack, Vmware
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